Annual Medication Safety Symposium
2012 Symposium - Medication Safety: Making a Difference
Keynote address
- Medication safety – are you up to standard? [PDF, 2.04MB]
Margaret Duguid, Pharmaceutical Advisor, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Proffered papers
- NSQHC Standards 4 Medication Safety & ACHS EQuIP 1.5.1 [PDF, 109KB]
Sally Winfield, Surgical Clinical Nurse Manager, Christine Phillips, Safety and Quality Manager, Bethesda Hospital - Who gets an intervention? An examination of high risk indicators in a regional hospital [PDF, 291KB]
Meeghan Clay, Acting Chief Pharmacist, WACHS – Great Southern - The 6 rights by everyone—every time: A lean action challenge [PDF, 2.82MB]
Gillian Charlwood, Coordinator Enrolled Nurse Education, Princess Margaret Hospital - Nurses wearing Medibibs to reduce drug errors [PDF, 1.08MB]
Dr Vickey Brown, Clinical Nurse Manager, Surgical Services (Orthopaedics), Fremantle Hospital & Health Service - Eliminate medication omissions in the Low Level and High Level care units by Dec 2011 [PDF, 1.41MB]
Sipelile Chakaingesu, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Merredin Hospital - Reflections from the frontline: A participatory action research project investigating the clinical education of third year nursing students and medication administration scope of practice [PDF, 179KB]
Janie Brown, Director of Teaching and Learning, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Curtin University - “Cleaning up” intravenous paracetamol usage at Armadale Health Service [PDF, 610KB]
Yang Liu Senior Pharmacist, Armadale Health Service - Non-luer enteral feeding systems- A WA Health procurement strategy aimed at improving medication safety and delivery [PDF, 593KB]
Jane Fellman, Corporate Nursing, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital - Sticking to your guns to solve a problem: Our oxycodone story [PDF, 459KB]
Meeghan Clay Acting Chief Pharmacist, WACHS – Great Southern
Invited speakers
- Pre-hospital care and medication safety [PDF, 481KB] Joseph Cuthbertson, Executive Manager Clinical Governance, St John Ambulance (WA)
- Exploring patient centred care in the cancer context [PDF, 412KB]
Sandy McKiernan, Director of Cancer Information and Support Services at Cancer Council WA - Using a Self-Management Lens to support medication safety [PDF, 3.17MB]
Adina Quattrini, Chronic Conditions Self-Management Coordinator for the South Metropolitan Area Health Services - Partnering with Consumers to Reduce Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events [PDF, 512 KB]
Stephen Lim, Principal Pharmacist, Armadale Health Service
2011 Medication Safety Week – 23 May to 27 May 2011
Medication Safety: Everyone’s Responsibility
Medication Safety Week Presentation Handouts
- Medication History [PDF, 69KB]
- Prescribing: Sharing Our Experiences [PDF, 724KB]
- Teaching Safe Prescribing [PDF, 1,021KB]
- Standardisation [PDF, 487KB]
- Rural Medication Management [PDF, 95KB]
- Non-Medical Prescribing [PDF, 477KB]
Posters – Patients: active partners in healthcare
- Everyone’s responsibility [PDF, 1,257KB]
- The hospital needs to know about your medicines [PDF, 1.223KB]
- SpeakUp - Help avoid mistakes with your medicines [PDF, 1,146KB]
- Questions to ask before leaving hospital [PDF, 1,167KB]
2009 Symposium - 5th Annual Medication Safety Symposium
Action on Adverse Drug Reactions for Medication Safety
Tuesday 14 July 2009, The University Club, University of Western Australia, CRAWLEYPresentations - 2009 Symposium
Opening Address:
- Pharmacogenetics of Drug Hypersensitivity: Personalising Medicine and Predicting the Unpredictable [PDF 1095KB]
Prof Elizabeth Phillips, Murdoch University, RPH and SCGH - Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting In Australia
Dr Jane Cook, Office of Medicines Safety Monitoring, TGA
2008 Symposium
High-risk, high-returns: investing in medication safety
26 June 2008, The University Club, University of Western Australia, CRAWLEYPresentations - 2008 Symposium
Opening Address:
- High risk, high return... investing in medication safety [PDF 3.71MB]
Penny Thornton, Pharmacy Services Manager, Children’s Hospital Westmead, NSW
Invited Presentations:
- International patient safety trends – an update [PDF 287KB]
Dorothy Jones, Director, Office of Safety and Quality, WA Health - What can you do to get a better risk profile [PDF 1.56MB]
David Mc Knight, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, St John of God Hospital, Subiaco - Cleaning up narcotic use with SOAP (Safe Oxycodone Administration Project) [PDF 1.45MB]
Assoc Prof Stephen Lim, Chief Pharmacist, Armadale Health Service - IV Heparin - Getting the balance right [PDF 185KB]
Karen Flounders, Thrombosis Nurse, Royal Perth Hospital - Integrated medication management to prevent errors [PDF 615KB]
Barry Jenkins, Chief Pharmacist, Royal Pert Hospital
2007 Symposium
Medication Safety - Reconciling the difference
14 June 2007, The University Club, University of Western Australia, CRAWLEYPresentations - 2007 Symposium
Opening Address:
- Medication Reconciliation - Setting the scene [PDF 785KB]
Christopher Beer, Senior Lecturer & Consultant Physician
School Medicine and Pharmacology UWA/Royal Perth Hospital
Invited Presentations:
What About Those “Other” Drugs? A discussion about managing complementary and alternate medicines (CAMS) in hospital.
- Complementary Medicines: An Overview [PDF 675KB]
Rhonda Clifford, Senior Lecturer, Pharmacy Practice, UWA - Administrative barriers to complementary drugs in public hospitals [PDF 89KB]
Alasdair Millar, Consultant Physician, Royal Perth Hospital & Chairman WATAG - The nurse practitioner perspective
Sue Hyde, Haematology Nurse Practitioner, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
2006 Symposium
Engaging Clinicians in Medication Safety
14 September 2006, WA Maritime Museum, Victoria Quay, FREMANTLE2005 Symposium
Progressing Medication Safety in Western Australian
19 May 2005,The University Club, University of Western Australia, CRAWLEY |
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